Quotes by : Josh Billings

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender....

There are people who are always anticipating trouble and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows....

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

The trouble ain't that people are ignorant: it's that they know so much that ain't so.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

As a general thing when a woman wears the pants in a family she has a good right to them.

The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves but who think others are.

When a man gets talking about himself he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you do hold well.